{"id":346,"date":"2011-07-19T16:15:10","date_gmt":"2011-07-19T07:15:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/karatsupots.com\/wordpress\/?p=346"},"modified":"2011-07-19T16:15:10","modified_gmt":"2011-07-19T07:15:10","slug":"karatsu-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/karatsupots.com\/wordpress\/2011\/07\/karatsu-show.html","title":{"rendered":"Karatsu Show"},"content":{"rendered":"

This last weekend we had the show in Karatsu.\u00a0 It was a 3 day weekend, so we did Sat, Sun, Mon. Well, if you are thinking about having a show on a 3 day weekend, let me give you a little advice: don’t. Everyone goes somewhere else. The first two days were absolutely empty, and it was only the during the last day that I was able to make some good sales. Thanks to guests from Osaka, Kyoto, and Chiba. I guess they were using the 3 day weekend to get out of their respective areas as well.<\/p>\n

Well, lesson learned. Overall, it was still a very enjoyable experience, with lots of time to sit and chat with friends over tea. The highlight of the show was without a doubt, the shiboridashi teapot with the river crab knob. It is a pure silver crab holding a ruby in his right claw.<\/p>\n